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>> PAM:
A FAST MOVING FIRE
DESTROYED MULTIPLE
BUSINESSES IN AN EAST BAY
STRIP MALL.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES
SHOOTING OFF THE ROOF OF
THE BUILDING THIS MORNING.
KRON4'S MAUREEN KELLY PICKS
UP THE STORY FROM THE SCENE
IN ANTIOCH
>> REPORTER:THIS CELL PHONE
VIDEO SHOT BY A NEIGHBOR
SHOWS WHAT FIREFIGHTERS HAD
TO CONTEND WITH WHEN THEY
ARRIVED AROUND 8:30 AM TO
FIGHT THE TWO ALARM BLAZE.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE
SAY THE OWNER A RESTAURANT
INSIDE THIS BUILDING IN A
STRIP MALL LOCATED AT THE
CORNER OF BUCHANNAN ROAD
AND GENTRYTOWN DRIVE CALLED
9-11 AFTER SMELLING THE
SMOKE INSIDE HIS
BUSINESS.ANOTHER EMPLOYEE AT
THE MALL SAYS HE SAW THE MAN
RUNNING OUT WHEN HE SHOWED
UP TO WORK.
>> AS SOON AS I SAW THE
SMOKE I REALIZE IT WAS
SOMETHING BIGGER OUT THERE.
THE TWO MINUTES LATER THE
BUILDING CAUGHT ON FIRE.
>> REPORTER:
FIREFIGHTERS IMMEDIATELY
WENT UP TO THE ROOF TO
FIGHT THE FIREBUT ONCE THEY
GOT THERETHEY REALIZED THE
FLAMES HAD ALREADY SPREAD
THRU THE RAFTERS MAKING TO
UNSAFE TO FIGHT FROM THE
INSIDE.FEARING THAT THE
ROOF COULD COLLAPSE ON TOP
OF THEMTHEY PULLED BACK.
AND WORKED TO CONTAIN THE
FIRE TO THE ONE BUILDING.
THE INTENSE HEAT CAUSED
SOME SMALL EXPLOSIONS FROM
PROPANE TANKS INSIDE ONE OF
THE SHOPS.
>> REPORTER:MOST OF THE
BUSINESSES HADN'T OPENED
YETSO FEW HAD TO BE
EVACUATED AND NO ONE WAS
HURT. AFTER THE FIRE WAS
OUT.FIREFIGHTERS COULD
INSPECT THE DAMAGE.WHICH AS
YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS VIDEO
WAS EXTENSIVE
THE FIRE RACED THRU EVERY
SHOP IN THE
BUILDING.DESTROYING THE
BURGER JOINT.A NAIL SALON, A
BEAUTY SALON, A JEWERLY
REPAIR SHOP AND A BARBER
SHOP. LEAVING THE OWNERS AND
EMPLOYEES.AT A LOSS FOR WHAT
TO DO NEXT.
>> REPORTER:THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THE CAUSE OF